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Arthur Honegger
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Henri Dutilleux
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Witold Lutosławski
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Jacques Ibert
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Elliott Carter
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Charles Koechlin
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Bohuslav Martinů
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Hans Werner Henze
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Albert Roussel
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Jean Françaix
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